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Controlling the Adwords Recommendations Madness (NSFW)
Warning, this post is NSFW (Not Suitable for Whiners). Advertisers who are new to PPC or feel that they have been burned in the past by listening to Google’s Recommendations, need to stop whining and understand that effective pay-per-click marketing does not start and end with Google. Furthermore, what Google recommends is ONLY in the best interest of Google. Google wants you to spend money, and grow their Cafeteria Menus. In my experience, I have … Read entire article »
Filed under: Paid Search in General
The Top 2012 Presidential Campaign Gaffes in PPC Marketing
In this election cycle, the American People are bombarded by news organizations highlighting on Gaffes made by both candidates and their VPs. However, as the dynamic cycle from shifting from TV, Print, Social and Search, people are searching on what they are hearing in the media and then it turns to a PPC Battle. Moreover, those who are searching can find “Gaffes” of their own which could be either be strategical or just “under-optimized”. In … Read entire article »
Filed under: Online Strategy, Paid Search in General, Politics
Adwords Account Labels is Cool, But Promotes Poor Campaign Structures?
Google recently rolled out Adwords Account Labels, which in essence allows advertisers to organize keywords, ads, ad groups and campaigns into custom groupings for fast and easy filtering. It’s a great new “bell and whistle” that can be applied to pretty much anything, however, Google’s visual example is not a good representation of a proper Adgroup structure that is utilized by most PPC Marketers. I am sure this was for visual purposes to explain how … Read entire article »
Filed under: Google Adwords, Paid Search in General, PPC Classroom
Is Google’s New Matching Behavior that Big of a Deal?
We all know that Google is constantly rolling out new bells and whistles that mostly pertained to get more clicks and budget out of the advertisers budget. With that said, their latest innovation which expands the traditional “phrase” and [exact] match rules will now include misspellings, singular/plural forms, stemmings, accents, abbreviations and other variants <– (this one needs to be monitored). According to Google, “based on our research and testing, we believe these changes will be … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Google Adwords, Paid Search in General
Why PPC Marketing is Becoming a Universal Language
Recently, I was asked to review an Adwords account that was in a completely different language. At first, I was a little skeptical about how effective I could be at understanding the account, especially since I could not understand any of the keywords, text ads and landing pages. But honestly, I was surprised to know that it did not matter all that much and I came to realization that “in this case” Strategy was just … Read entire article »
Filed under: Google Adwords, Online Strategy, Paid Search in General
Google Display Network Is The Focus of Huge Profits for Shareholders
Who didn’t see this coming? It’s not surprising that Google’s Display Network Revenue increase by 28% and CPC’s increase by 5% from last year. According to CNBC’s article Google Earnings Blow Past Expectations, they state “Aggregate paid clicks, which come from ads on Google sites and its AdSense partners, rose 28 percent from a year earlier and the average cost-per-click increased 5 percent from a year earlier. Though, cost-per-click was down sequentially by 5 percent … Read entire article »
Filed under: Google Adwords, PPC Display Advertising
A Systemic Approach to Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising
ANYONE WHO CLAIMS that paid search advertising is easy is misguided. Sure, at its core, the components that make up a paid search campaign are easy to assemble – campaigns>ad groups>keywords>text ads>landing pages. How to organize a pay-per-click account for Quality Score, conversion growth and cost efficiency is well documented but what is not well documented is the systemic approach that should be taken to achieve pay-per-click and search engine marketing results. Today, pay-per-click platforms like … Read entire article »
Filed under: Facebook Ads, Google Adwords, MSN AdCenter, Online Strategy, Systems Thinking
Google Allows Illegal Wire Tapping Companies to Advertise in Adwords
With all of news coming out of London and Rupert Murdoch’s Phone Hacking Scandal with the British tabloid News of the World, as well as the mounting concern of Identity Theft these days, I wanted to see if there was anyone trying to promote Illegal Phone Tapping or Wire-Tapping. Well, it didn’t take too long to see some advertisers trying sell either Phone Tapping and Spy Equipment, but also tips on how to hack someones … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Google Adwords, Online Strategy, Paid Search in General
Strategies to Overcome Adwords Image Ad Disapprovals
One of the “not so sexy” elements of PPC management is the constant tug of war that goes one with Google’s Editorial process with regards to their Display Network Platform. Throughout any given day, we all find new ways to beat the system, or in some cases avoid the dreaded client call where you have the “I know, but it’s Google, not me” conversation. In this short blog post, I have provided some … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Google Adwords, Paid Search in General, PPC Display Advertising
Does Google’s Site Exclusion Protection of Search Partners Need To Be Revisited?
For many of us PPC Geeks out there using the Display Network, we love the ability to EXCLUDE irrelevant or under-performing websites that are in the Network. We also have the ability to manually choose which websites to advertise on. However, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to have the same functionality within Google’s Search Partners? You know, the ability to optimize through “Relevancy” and “Conversions”? Isn’t that a crucial part of Google’s marketing? … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Google Adwords
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